Re: st: question on -tabout-

Paul Visintainer wrote:
VP> Is there anyway to get -tabout- produce row percentages using the option
VP> "double" (or any other option) rather than column percentages? I'd like
VP> to generate two-way tables with double columns (side-by-side columns
VP> showing n and %), but with row percentages, rather than column
VP> percentage.
At present the double option only supports columns. If it's mainly the
results you want, then one work-around is to switch the order of your
variables (tabout x1 x2 becomes tabout x2 x1). However, there may be
other considerations which make this inappropriate. While the n option
does allow you to combine n and row percentages, you only get an n for
the totals, not for each cell.
-tabout- is under active development with a view to reproducing
-tabulate-'s ability to show n, col and row percentages
simultaneously. There are layout considerations, and one option I'm
considering is a new "panel" for each of these within an overall
two-way table of x1 by x2. Something like,
Dog Cat Mouse Total
Count
=====
Bread 2 4 6 12
Milk 1 3 5 9
Cheese 8 9 10 27
Total 11 16 21 48
Row %
===
Bread 17 33 50 100
Milk 11 33 56 100
Cheese 30 33 37 100
Total 23 33 44 100
Col %
===
Bread 18 25 29 25
Milk 9 19 24 19
Cheese 73 56 48 56
Total 100 100 100 100
I'd be interested in hearing from any -tabout- users if this would be
of use and what layout preferences they have. Or would it be preferable
to just allow the double option to include row percentages as Paul is
looking for?
--
Kind regards,
Ian
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Ian Watson
Senior Researcher
acirrt, University of Sydney
NSW, 2006, Australia
phone: 02 9351 5622
email:i.watson@econ.usyd.edu.au
www.acirrt.com
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